Milk bottle holder



Filed June 1'7, 1942 lNvE/WOR 5AM IVAURER "om/En Patented Mar. 21, 1944OFFICE MILK BOTTLE HOLDER Sam Maurer, Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada, assignor of one-half to Paul Andrew Seidcl, Vancouver, BritishColumbia, Canada Application June 17, 1942, Serial No. 447,386 In CanadaApril 13, 1942 2 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in milk bottle holders, the objectsof which are to provide means for receiving and supporting a milk bottlein locked position until wanted either by the delivery man or thehouseholder; to provide means whereby another milk bottle is required tobe placed in the holder in order to release the one previously placedtherein. Further objects are to provide a sanitary means for holdingsaid bottles with their tops completely covered against the usualcontamination that such articles are subjected to when placed on porchesand on door steps.

The invention consists of a support having a pivotally mounted memberadapted to receive a bottle at each end and means for locking the memberwhen fitted with a bottle, as will be more fully described in thefollowing specification and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing one end of the pviotally mounted membercut away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 2.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

The numeral I indicates a wall support or bracket having a top wall 2and end walls 3 which are preferably inturned along their lower edges asat i, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear.

A pair of indents 6 are pressed upwardly in the top wall 2 in each ofwhich a leaf spring I having an upturned free end 8, as shown in Figures2, 3 and 4, is provided. The rear end of each spring 1 is secured by arivet 9 at the rear end of its indent 6 and is maintained above theinner surface of the top wall. The bracket I is provided with verticalportions It by which it is fitted to a suitable wall surface.

Pivotally mounted under the top wall 2 is an inverted channel 1 I whichis open at its opposite ends and having flanges I2 which are provided ontheir lower edges with inturned lips I3 capable of supporting milkbottles by engaging the lower edges of the bottle rims, as indicated indotted line in Figure 3. Adjacent each end of the channel an opening Itis formed, see Figures 2, 3 and 4, one only shown, which is adapted toreceive the free end of the spring I which overlies said opening.

nel beyond the appointed position as shown, 'a pair of tongues I5 arepressed upwardly out of the channel metal to slide over the top wall 2of the bracket I and engage its front edge and its upper surface, thusforming a suspension member for the end of the channel in which a bottleis left.

The channel I I is pivoted upon a rivet I! which serves also to hold inplace a plate I9, see Figure 3. At each end of the plate a leaf spring20, one only is shown, which is corrugated to provide two invertedridges 2|. The free end 22 of said spring is adapted to lie in contactwith the top of the channel as shown in Figure 3, so as not to exposethe free end of the spring I from the outer end of the channel when nobottle is held therein. Adjacent the inner end of each spring 20 anupstanding indent 24 is formed which is adapted to register with thefree end 8 of the spring I when no bottle is under it, but to exert nolifting strain on said free end 8. The inturned lower edges 4 of thebracket I serves to support either end of the channel I I when it is inits innermost position.

The rear flange I2 of the channel II is cut and inturned intermediateits length as at 26 to provide stops below and adjacent to the openingsI4 for limiting the inward movement of the bottles into the open ends ofthe channel II.

Assuming the devices to be fastened upon a wall surface and to have itsparts disposed as shown, the channel will be latched in position byvirtue of the free end 8 of the spring I being forced into the adjacentopening I4 in the top of the channel I I. The left hand end of thechannel is projected beyond the front of the bracket l to afford accessfor the rim of a milk bottle.

When a milk bottle, presumably full, is pushed into the open end of thechannel, the spring 20 is deflected and the indent 24 raised by the milkbottle rim, which is confined as to height by the inturned lips I3 ofthe channel. The raising of the indent causes it to pass into itsopening I4 and raise the free end 8 of the spring I out of contact withthe channel, so that a rearward thrust on the bottle will swing thechannel until the end which the bottle entered is closed and theopposite end is thrust out into open position. As soon as the channelposition is reversed, the free end of the spring I at the opposite endof the channel drops into its registering opening I4 and latches saidchannel against return movement, also latching the bottle in place.

The house maid when wishing to remove the full bottle must put another,preseumably empty,

In order to prevent the swinging of the chanbottle into the then open orright hand end of the channel to release the lock and swing the channelin the opposite direction by pushing the empty bottle rearwardly.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A milk bottle support comprising a bracket, an inverted channelpivotally mounted beneath the bracket to alternately expose an end ofthe channel, said channel having open ends adapted to receive milkbottle rims and said bracket having means for alternately closing theends of the channel as each end is swung inwardly, locking meansadjacent each end of the channel for locking the channel in bottlereceiving position, one of said locking means being adapted to releasethe channel for swinging movement as the rim of a bottle is insertedinto the open end of the channel and the other locking means beingadapted to engage the channel to lock it as the channel is swung and thebottle moved rearwardly to close the open end of the channel into whichthe bottle rim was inserted.

2. A milk bottle support comprising a bracket having a top wall and endwalls, an inverted channel mounted under the top wall of the bracketadapted to swing and expose one end of the channel and close theopposite end within an end wall of the bracket, locking means adjacenteach end of the bracket for retaining the channel in a normal positionwith one end closed and the opposite end open, said locking means beingin duplicate, each of said locking means being operative to lock thechannel when the end of the channel adjacent said locking means is inopen position and a spring covering each of said locking means, each ofsaid springs being adapted to be deflected by the entrance of a milkbottle rim into the channel and to release its adjacent looking means.

SAM MAURER.

